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force should get
safely OFF. 1t was
W ork w Ii i c Ii
pleased the bold
ca va l. y man.
There were oppor-
tulitics for dash
AMI daring, for
wild ri;lcSanl hair
breadth escapes,
which appealed to
all the love of ex-
citcncnt in him.
And So it was he
met his death at
the battle of IIar-
i'iSonlurg, juno Z.
The Dickinson press., 1887-05-14
Banks had pursued Jackson as far south a

Shields division
was taken away.
Thus Banks was in
the rear of Ja"l.
son. Fremont at
that time com
man1cd the Noun
tain department.
which included
northern Virginia.
Schenck nn,l Mil
roy, of his corps,
were sent with q,
600 men south from
The Dickinson press., 1887-05-14

The Knights of Labor Seem to be increas-
ing in numbers almost as rapidly Cs at any
period of their existence. Over | 600 new as
sembles have been organized in the last four
months, and 100000 new members have been
added to the membership in the same length
of time.
The Dickinson press., 1887-05-14

time soldiers. IIe
was born in ireland
in 1910; came tc
this country and
served both in the
Florida and Mexi.
can wars. He was
a gallant fighter.
and was severely
wounded at Cerro
Gordo and also al
ch apultepec, ir
Mexico, He had 9
varied experience.
The Dickinson press., 1887-05-14

June i Col Sir GEN. TURNER ASliBf.
Percy Wyndlam, of the Union cavalry, made
reconnaissance toward Harrisonburg He
fell into Confederate ambush and was taken
prisoner with his men. Following this was
an infantry fight. Col. Wynlham was an
EnghSlman. He had been captain in tho
Austrian army and had served under Carl
lahli. He was aiming especially to "hag"
Turner Ashby.
Col. Wyndhnms cavalry was followed bya
lar@" lody of infantry. On the Confederate
sid" Gen. Ewcll came up with iufm,ry This
battle of IIarriSonburg, the ith of juno, was
the fifth considerable fight of the campaign.
The Federal regiments were partly bctiEd
fence. The Comi"lrratrs advanced against
them through IL tangled underwood. AsI,!y
led the charge, wtithc l'ilty-rishth Virginia.
1t made little impression, hat received II trc-
mcnlons fire from the Federal regiments.
The impatient nature of Ashlv was on fire.
He ordered the Tifty-cigl,h Nirgini. to stop
firing and charge bayonrt on the Fc,lrrals.
He spurlc,l his horse forward, waved his arm
nnl shouted: ''Nirsinams, follow me!' A
''a!l struck his horse aa,l he animal fell dead
lie sang to his fee. and rushed on, still or
,rrin, his men to char.,a bayonct At that
moment Il bullet pierced him and he fell dead.
His men carried his body in their arms Off
the battle field.
Gen. Ewcll had ordered up more regiments
and there was fierce fighting. Several Con-
lclcrate officers were shot dead, and the
colors of the First Confederate Maryland
wcre shot down three times Still the Union
troops We're checked, just at tho moment
when Ashby dropped dead.
The character of Brig. Gen. Turner Ashby
isto Nirsinians that of the ideal knight of
romance. He was a native of Fauuuicl
county, Virginia, and was Il little past 80 at
the time of his death. There was nothing of
the guerrilla or freebooter about him, as has
sometimes been represented. He was simple
in his tastes and habits, and dcvoutiy rcli1-
iosiS in character, He slammed pIsistcntly
the ,lssila,ions in which young mon indulge
caring most for horses and The chase. lIo
was Il famous rider and horse tanner, the hest
in Virginia il is said. He was rather small
in stature, but very graceful, with brown
eyes and Il soft clear voice. Ills complexion
WIS dark to swartlincss, and he wore his
black beard long.
He was no ciscipnaran, and could
scarcely drill regiment. But there was n
feeling of good comralr,hip br'wormhiIn and
his mon which held Them To hi!n 10 tn" 'lcnih
Wherever wild riding and ho iishtin:s wcrc
needed there was Turner A.hby and his
men.
Fremont h;,,l rebuilt the bridge across tho
north fork of the Shenandoah II, Mount Jack
son, crossed the stream and WA, following on
as clos lv rs NIGH! l,c after Jari:s"n. Shields
was on t!i' 'c.. ,i,ln Of the Sh"n;lml luah south
| fork, anl slli"iis and Fremont were about
fifteen miles apart, on opposite sides of tho
soull, lur., with no bridges between them.
Jackson had shrcwtly destroyed these.
The Dickinson press., 1887-05-14

were undoubtedly
march ing upon
him, McDowell's
force from the east,
Fl'enlont's from the
west. How should
he get out and back
up TIE Shenandoah
vullcys He had nc
colnplislled entirely
" hat he had
planned to d %.
That was to give
tho Wnshinpt,OO
The Dickinson press., 1887-05-14
IN MINOR KEY.

Now that the winds are wild and bank the snow
Across the paths my feet We're wont to know
In summer time,
sit beside the fire and turn rhyme
OF long ago.
Alas, the music takes q minor key,
1t hears the winds deep rolling melody,
And murmurs too;
Dear heart, twas never thus as long as you
Were here with me-
For then, together, could always bring
From winters desolation gladsomc spring;
Your sunny face
Was like n garden in which happy place
a bird must sing.
Frank d. Sherman in Times. Democrat.
The Dickinson press., 1887-05-14

served as a volun-
teer in the Mexican
war. When tn e
civil war began he
offered his services
Us n volunteer. He
commanded n brig
adc of Indiana
troops in West Nir-
sinia and in the
Shenandoah valley.
Flying around to
the eastward again,
after the battle of
Mcdowell, jackson
The Dickinson press., 1887-05-14

thr'.uGh the Shcn-
a',l"nin valley, then
through the whole
Union. Ills force
was !n"t|, infantry
and cavalry; but
because of the
Swi!tmess and bold
nos Of his move
mcIl;s he came to
l,c &ssn"intcd in tho
pn,,,Iar rnintl with
The Dickinson press., 1887-05-14
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
Queries on IL Variety of Subjects
Answered.
The Newspaper.

" !l'it is tl'' OTI-,Il Of tllc newspaper?
READER.
In Rome The Acta Diurna, daily official ro-
ports Of occurrences, We're issued, and in
modern Europe there were like periodical
publications in manuscript. The first regular
s'li"r of newspapers i'll England was called
Tia W""ly Moves from Italy, Gcrmanie,
etc, in i,.-!' The first American newspaper
wa, i>strc III Boston, Sept. %, 1890 1t was
i:Ho.:irl 10 lie issued once u month, but was
iinne'iatcly suppressed by the authorities
The Dickinson press., 1887-05-14
THE SHENANDOAH.
The Valley Campaign Of Twenty
Five Years Ago.
sToNEW VAIL JACKsoN'sRAID
But Now "Thosc Knights are Dust,
Their Good Blades Rust"

Portraits of the Leaders Oh Both Sides
in the Shenandoah Valley Campaign
of the Spring and Early Summer OF
1sG:-IIow Stoncwsll Jackson Out
wittcd Armies Three Times as Large
as His Own and EScapod-Interesting
Personal Sketches.
One hand on the saber and one on the rein
Tho troopers move forward in line on the plain.
AS rings HE word "l;allop.' the steel scabbar,ls
CLARK
And cael rowcl is pressed 10 horses hot flank;
And swift is he rush as the wild torrents flow
When it pnurS from The crag on the valley below
The trend of the land in the Shenandoah
valley is northeast and southwest. Tho Blue
Ridge mountains, You Will SEQ on the map, lie
due northeast and southwest. Almost in n
line parallel with them, having the very
mountain foot with its blue and rushing
waters, runs the romantic Shenandoah 1t
flows northeast and cnpties into the Potomac
at ifa:lMr's Ferry. To the westward and north
ore other ranges of peaks Between the lines
of mountains are long narrow stretches of
valley. down which the wind and files of cav
airy so!'!ieTs might sweep without obstruc-
tion. Bot, wind and soldier swept down
those valleys many and many a time during
the civil war. Tho Shenandoah region is
cris-crosscd with the lines of advance and re-
treat its stony soil scantly covers the crum-
bling bones of many brave horse and
rider.
In the spring of 1852 Gen. Thomas Jona-
than jackson. c. S. A., spread tiisa,ay, first
The Dickinson press., 1887-05-14

1t is said that when tic poushhccpsie bridge
is finished there will be no more shal fishing
above it. For some unexplained reason these
fish will not pass under bridge.
The Dickinson press., 1887-05-14
GEN. MILROY.

came to Front Royal. At this point. and be
tween him and Banks at StrasburG, lay
Col. Kenly, with 400 Federal troops. If
Jackson could annihilate this force the con-
nection between the armies of Banks and Nc
The Dickinson press., 1887-05-14

ernor of Oregon territory and United States
senator respectively from Illinois, Minnesota
and Missouri. While filling the last office
named lie died in 1879
The Dickinson press., 1887-05-14

and prevent Nc MAI. Gen. j. G. FREMONT.
Dowcll from joining Mcclellan before Rich
mond. He had now to look out for his own
The Dickinson press., 1887-05-14

Already had Shields advance reached Port
Republic when the battle Of Gross Keys was
The Dickinson press., 1887-05-14

Through Gods blessing he enemy was this tay
routed with the loss of six pieces of his artillery,
Il. ]. JACKSON,
Major Gcnernl Commanding
The Dickinson press., 1887-05-14
Hotclh potcl,.

There is dish-Sc"tch, believc-called Hotch
i tcA. Can You give me receipt for making i'll
The Dickinson press., 1887-05-14

One hand on the saber and one on the rein
Tho troopers move forward in line on the plain.
AS rings the word "Gallop." the steel scabbarls
fI,
The Dickinson press., 1887-05-14

He was no discplinariam, and could
scarcely drill n regiment. But there was n
feeling of good ronnral",hip lr'"orm him and
his mon which held them TO !ii!n 10 tin" 'lcnih.
Wherever wild riding and hoi iigh'ins wcrc
needed there was Turner A.hby and his
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1887-03-09

BE ECH ER

Henry Ward Beecher, whose
death Is just announced, may be
fairly considered as one OF the most
remarkable men the present CEN
tury has produced. He was most
phatically man of genius, the
foremost of pulpit orators, and
noted for his striking originality,
his quick brain and his immense
person Al magnetism,
He was a man who cared but lit
tie for what the world thought of
his conduct, and despised the little
conventi,nalities of life. He was
bluff and rlain spoken, ate with his
knife whenever no felt like 1T, and
said that there were three classes
of people In the world; the GOOD,
the bad and the Beecher family"
He located in Brooklyn, and be-
came the pulpit orator of America.
He embraced the Congregational
faith nomiually, but of course only
took such portions of it as suited his
fancy and treated the balance as if
il had never been. He seemed to
preach on the spur of the moment,
and said today what be would con-
tradict tomorrow He changed his
theological opinions whenever ne
tired of an idea, and one who tries
TO follow him through the labyrinth
of his religious belief will soon give
up in dispair of ever being able to
catch up with him. Some of his
seruous preached a few months
apart fatty contradicted each other.
When IN the zenith OF his power
he was charged with seducing the
wife OF Theodore Tilton. The
scandal occupied the attention of
the courts for months, and he was
acquitted. But the public believed
him guilty, although his bearing
during the trying ordeal OF the
case, and his ieonic fight against
his enemies, left him as many
friends as before, and his congre-
CATION stood by him to the end.
He also became badly involved in a
commercial scandal, in which he
agreed to write the life of Christ
for $40, 900, and after receiving the
money he left the publisher in the
lurch. There is no doubt that his
ideas of business honor were of the
loosest character. While half the
people who knew him looked upon
him as little short of god, as
many regarded him as q mountain
of lust and hypocrisy.
In after years his faults and frail
ties will be buried, and his blaz-
ing genius will light the pages of
history for posterity to read en-
tranced. His greatness will never
be disputed, and his littleness will
be forgotten.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1887-03-09
NEW TODAY.
OFFICIAL COUNT OF STATE
FUNDS.

cTATE OF NEVADA. COUNTY
- of Ormsby, c. G. Stevenson, Govern
or, John M. Dormer, Secretary of State,
and JOAN F Alexander, Attorney Cen
eral, being duly sworn, severally say,
they are members OF the Board OF Ex-
aminers ofthe state OF Nevada; that on
Il sth day OF Marca. 1887, they (after
having ascertained from the books OF
the state Controller the amount of
money which should be in the Treas
ury) made an official examination and
count OF the money and vouchers for
money in the State Treasury of y evada
and found the same correct, as fellows:
Coin...... ....-............... $3.50 -
kPaid Coin Vouchers not re-
urned to Sontroller...... 10000 o4
Total ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 1897 475 70
STATE SCHOOL FUND SECURITIES.
Redeemable Nevada State
school Bon1.................. $3SO,OeO %
Nevada state Bonds. 5000 90
United States Bonds. 100000 GO
TotaI........ $50, 600 90
@. q. STEVENSON,
JOHN NJ. DoRMER,
JoHr F. ALEXANDER.
Subscribed and sworn to before me
| this Sth day OF March. A. D., 1887.
TsEALl WILLIS @, CLARKE,
Notary Public, Ormsby County, New.
| mo
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1887-03-09
CLOSED BY C0NSTITU IIONAL
LIMITATION.

The Thirteenth session of the
State Legislature was brought to a
close last night by constitutional
Limitation. It consisted OF forty
six Republicans and fourteen DEM
ocrats, and was one of the most
unanimous Legislative bodies that
ever convened in this or any other
State. Almost every bill that be-
came la W, was passed unanimous
ly by one or both of the Houses.
The cost of the session to the
State, including some appropria
tions which bear the imprint of
crookedness, will hot fall much
short of SIS, 900, yet the laws en-
acted, outside of the appropriation
bills to individuals, would be con-
sidered dear in any market in the
world at one tenth of that price.
However few good measures were
adopted, so the record of the session
ia not SO black as 1t could be.
1t is simply ridiculous for Ne
yada, with Its few thousand inhabi-
tants, to continue to ape the GUS
TENS OF the mere populous States
In legislative matters. Until the
Constitution is amended, there must
be biennial sessions Of the Legisla-
ture, but while the Constitution
wisely limits the length of each
session to sixty days, it does not
require to remain IN session more
than a day if the necessary business
can be transacted in that time;
neither is there anything in the
constitution to prevent reduction
in number of members to thirty or
less. There is no good reason for
keeping the representation as high
as it is, and giving each one thous-
and inhabitants, including Piutes
and Cinnamon, representative.
A Senate composed of ten and an
Assembly composed oftwenty mem
bers, would be amply sufficient for
Nevada. Then the responsibility
for bad legislation or extravaganza
, 1887-01-06
SUM MONS.
IN THE DISTRICT COURT,

OF tho Third judicial District of the Territory
O! Washington, holding terms ut Fort Town
send, in jefferson County. for The counties oi
Jefferson. ClIIam, Island and San Juan
Ade!la Nash, pantln V. WhiPpls NASH de-
The United States of America send greeting
to Whipple Nash, defendant You are hereby
required 10 appear in action brought against yoH
by the above named plaintiff, in the District
Court OF the Third Judicial District of the Fer
rtory of Washington, holding terms ut the
City Of Port Townsend, in the County of def
{. rson, for The counties of Jefferson, Clalam.
Island and san Juan, and to answer the com
plaint therein. within sixty DAYS after the date
OF the first publication of this summaus. a.
judgment by defauit will be taken against you.
according TO the prayer Of the complaint filed
herein.
The said action is brought 10y plaintiff to OBJ
tain divorce from defendant upon The follow
ing grounds: That on the first tay OF January,
lS$al. said defendant wiIfHly and without causc,
deserted aud abHudoEed said piSiniiif. and ever
since has and still continues so to wilfulIy and
without ca.se desert and abandon said plaintiff
and 10 live separate and apart from her without
sufficient cause or any reason, aud against her
will and without her consent.
That said defendant has for six years last past
neglected and refused to make suitable or any
provision for said plaintiff, the family of said
pIaHtiff and defendant, although abundantly
able 80 TO do; that durIng all of said time said
dcfendan has been III good health and of suffi-
cicnt strength and ability TO comfortably pro-
vide for his said tlmiy. And also TO secure the
care and custody of a minor child of plaintiff
and defendant, named Bertha, on the ground
that defendant is un improper pesson 10 have
the care aEt custody Gi S.id child. And also TO
procure Judgment against said defendant in
tvor of said p!gintfI Tor her cuSt- ana diSHurse-
mcuIS therein and for genera! Gci:ef. AnI Won
are hereby notified that if you fa! 10 appear
and answer tatd complaint, as above required,
the plain ii WIFI apply 10 the CuarI f.. tho rc.rf
demanded in said mp!.iHT-
Witness, IIlt hOap able R'-rr :. Greene .Iu,l re
O the SAID pl~'rl.-t our. siir th' seal thsieOf
This .3I Il y Of DrCcmbr-. \ j 1851.
JAMES SEANEY. Clerk.
"a lf Tif f-f d lliGnrf Len
strive, IIaines y McMlcke., NL.o.ucys for
pIuiutif,
, 1887-01-06
Che at'reEln Argus.
THURSDAY, JANUARY G.. 1~~7.
Forty Acres Enough.

The statement has frequently been
made that farmer on Puget Sound
valley land could make better Iiy-
ing of from forty acres than q Kan
saS or Nebraska farmer can on
quarter section. This admits Of easy
demonstration. Forty acres Of first
class valley land, near TO market and
cleared, Tor tie purpose OF illustra
ton. Will te estimated to be worth
one hundred dollars per acre, which
would make the investment III land
alono four thousand dollars. Add TO
tins for buildings, farm utensils and
working capital, two thousand dol
lars, making the total Investment six
thousand dollars Ten acres in hops
Will yield 1T least two thousand
pounds to the acre. the cost Of pro
puctIon Will be about seven cents
per pound. With an average market
price Of fifteen cents per pound. the
ten acres would WELD q net profit
above all expenses Of sixteen hun
dred dollars. Many fields this past
year yielded from three thousand to
three thousand five hundred pounds
per acre. and sold from twenty-five
to thirty four cents per pound Eif-
teen acres III hay VIII yield At least
four tons per acre. which VIII lie.
at the present price Of sixteen 10
eighteen dollars a ton, ii least twelve
dollars per ton, or seven hundred and
twenty dollars for the crop. Five
acres Ill potatoes VIII yield eighteen
hundred bushels, which can be mark
eted to let forty cents per bushel or
seven hundred and twenty dollars
for the crop. SIX acres in in root
crops, such as rutabagas and sugar
beets for feed, will yield at least ten
tons per acre, which at half a cent
per pound net would be worth six
hundred dollars. This would leave
four acres for house surroundings and
stable room, and the net value of the
product raised on the thirty six acres
cultivated would be three thousand
six hundred and forty dollars, or
over one-half of the estimated value
of the farm. In making this estimate
the figures quoted are less the aver.
age capacity of our best valley lands.
The writer OF this article has seen an
an acre Of ground in the White river
valley that has produced seven hun
dred bushels of potatoes. In the
Stuck valley he has seen twenty five
acres of meadow which for seventeen
years has produced one hundred tons
of hay, besides furnishing pasture
for stock from September until April
He can point to several fields that
have yielded from twenty to thirty
tons of root crops year after year
without fail
The valuation quoted above is ap-
plicable to the best quality of valley
lands near to towns. Lands equally
as good further from market can be
obtained for one-half of that figure.
The Puget Sound farmer lives in
an equable climate, where the annual
rainfall is no greater than in the Mis-
sippi valley and is equally distributed
throughout the year. He is annoyed
by no drouths, unreasonable frosts
nor destructive insect pests. His
crop is sure if he tills his land in
telligently, and located on a seaboard,
with every facility for shipping his
product, he has the world for a mar
ket.-Tacoma Ne,rS.
, 1887-01-06
PlckIngS.

President Arthur will be honored
at Washington with marble bust in
the senate chamber.
MIR. Goschen will succeed Lord
Randolph Churchill as leader in the
House of Commons.
More than 22,00O0OO feet of lumber
has been used in the construction of
snow sheds on the Northern Pacific
road.
Senator Stanford is having plans
drawn mp for new 100000 yacht.
1t will probably be built II San Fran
cisco.
The total amount of subscription
received by the mayor of Charleston
for the relief of the earthquake suf
ferers was 1854, ,256.
There is eight feet of snow, Decem-
er Both, on the switchback and five
feet at the east end of the tunnel, and
the snow was still falling very fast.
The costs of the Colin Campbell
divorce suit, which Lord Campbell
has been ordered to pay, are expected
to reach the enormous SUM of SI75,-
600.
The richest gold bearing quartz
ever struck in Idaho is at Florence.
1t is now being worked steadily, much
of it realizing twenty five cents per
pound.
Washington territory has more
population now than Nevada, Dele
ware, Oregon and COLORADO had in
lSoO. Dakota has more population
than nine states of the union had in
the same year.
MIR. Blaine is said to have made up
his mind to take trip to Europe next
autumn. From the same source comes
an assestion that he proposes to write
a history of the war of 1872
Ex Congressman Much, the stone
cutter, who surprised everybody by
defeating Eugene Hale for congress
in 1876, died short time since in an
insane asylum at Danvers, Mass.
When three thieves were. recently
found hanging to a Tree in Idaho, the
leading citizens testified at the coro-
ner's inquest that they believed that
the bodies must have grown there.
Joseph Pulitzer of the New York
World, sent his check to the Chill
dren' Aid society of that city for a
sum of money large enough tc defray
the expense of a Ghristm@s dinner for
six hundred children.
Why don't congress whack on n
heavy tariff on imported scandals.
The anglomaniacal dudes east would
be bound to have them and the na-
tiOHal debt would soon be paid. Take
on the duty on sugar and stick Ii on
hard on English scandals,
1t was Lawler, the witty Irish NON
Der of congress from Chicago who
said to labor delegation: Gentle
men, you should not get impatient
with nature. All things edualize
themselves-the rich man gets his ice
in summer and the poor man gets his
in winte"
Vancouver, D. c. Nrirs: The guns
and other munitions Of war which
recently arrived III this province. we,t.
shipped via the &. Z. r., it i said. tu|
test the ability Of tho railway coInr.apy
to hHndls war material with Il II. "a io
the line being suh7idized by Il, I'm
perial government.
or President Arthur's cahir,t. Ere
hnghuysen and Folger are dead.
Hatton is editing the Chicago lIaH
Lincoln is practicinS law in Chicago.
Gresham is on the bench. Brewster
is taking care Of large iuw practice
in Philadelphia. Teller Is in the
United States Senate.